Free membership to Amazon Student (basic Prime w/ no streaming) for 6 months! You must have an .edu email address. If you stick with Student after the 6 months you'll be given a discounted rate for the rest of the year.

@legendaryhen: Yeah good question. Mine expires next week too. I remember there was another 1-year free membership posted about a year ago and we wondered the same thing. Turns out it would work, you just had to first cancel your existing membership and sign up again and it worked.

That time it was kinda risky because many people's initial memberships weren't close to being over, but since mine's almost done, it'll be worth a shot!

Can anyone comment on how useful the streaming is? Is there much selection? I got rid of netflix because of the price increase, so I haven't been watching much. How does Amazon streaming compare?
My student prime is about to expire, but I'm not sure if the $40 is worth it. I use prime a lot, but I suppose I could keep waiting until I hit $25.

@brad3326: The streaming selection is not as vast as that of Netflix, but they do have some good TV shows and some good movies. Full seasons of 24 on Prime, Dragon Tattoo movies, yadda yadda. I run it through my Roku and I like it quite a bit, never had an issue with the stream itself. The problem I have is that the system itself is such a pain. There's not an easy way to make a queue, and there's no fast sorting like on Netflix.

But, for the price, it's a good deal in my opinion. I make a seperate, private, wishlist and I put all the shows and movies I want to watch on that and then just call it my "Instant Queue".

@linuxtrance:
I got it now.
I was worried that because I signed up a couple weeks ago, and that I missed out on something that they changed today :)

FWIW- I'm in the middle of moving, and I've saved hundreds of $$ on shipping with my Student Prime.
And it's interesting to see what the least expensive item you can find that they'll send you via some express means of shipping.

@drchops: Yeah it's weird man, I'm not sure of the times, or the rotation, but I've told friends and family about it and they havent been able to access it, and I tried it a while back (just to see) and it said they were not offering it at that time. Would be nice to know what, or if, they have a schedule.

Note: If you have a paid prime subscription and you sign up for this, they will refund the unused portion of your paid membership, and enroll you in the 6 month trial. At least that is what they did for me when I signed up a year or two ago.

I enjoyed my 1 year free subscription. Didn't it used to include streaming, or did I dream that? I now have that half-off prime membership, so I'm enjoying the 2-day shipping, streaming, and Kindle lending library.

if you have a student prime account and want to extend it again after your year is almost up you can simply change the email address on your student account to another email. after that you can create a new account with your .edu address with the free prime again.

@drchops: You may be able to use some sort of paperwork, but all you need is a .edu addy. I haven't been a student since 1997, but I still have my .edu address. When you sign up, you enter your .edu address, receive a confirmation email to that address and if I remember correctly click a link or fill in a # in that email. You don't have to change the address on your Amazon account, which for me has always been my .com address.

@katanaryda: Amazon streaming does not have the same content as Netflix. Well it does but you have to pay for most of it.
Get Prime for the free shipping, books, and apps. There are some free movies, but the content is pretty limited

@mschauber: Yeah, but if you don't have an .edu that becomes a little bit of a problem :)

I'm guessing you must've misread my comment though - I said "you don't need an .edu" - just meaning if you go to a school that doesn't have .edu addresses or for whatever reason you don't have one you can still qualify for Student Prime.

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